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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Fire damages Choteau Acantha newspaper building
January 07, 2025
The weekly publication serves Choteau and the surrounding communities. Owners Melody and Jeff Martinsen purchased the paper in 1990. In their roughly 35-year tenure, they have not missed publishing an edition.
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As Starlink faces federal scrutiny, the internet company has become a lifeline in West Virginia — for those who can afford it
November 22, 2024
Thousands of West Virginians – many in rural parts of the state – rely on the Elon Musk-owned satellite company for high-speed internet access, even as federal regulators say it can’t meet the basic requirements to be defined as “broadband.”
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Rural Hawaiian Homelands Residents Should Be Online By 2025
October 31, 2024
Most Hawaiian homesteaders have switched from Sandwich Isles to either Spectrum or Hawaiian Telcom.
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Wolcott poised to build its first sewer system, aiming for development and flood resiliency
October 24, 2024
Like other village centers across Vermont, the lack of public wastewater in Wolcott poses big hurdles to housing and other kinds of redevelopment.
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As an Oklahoma hospital breaks ground, USDA looks to better health, high speed internet and housing
September 04, 2024
Leadership in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office says a Tillman County hospital speaks to the larger focus on housing, health and high speed internet.
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Long drives, fewer visits and lost ties: Rural Minnesota residents struggle to adapt when a nursing home closes
August 22, 2024
Advocates for change say longer closure notifications and more state funding would help as the struggling industry evolves.
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‘Internet for all’ plans in Minnesota in trouble as broadband providers balk at ‘onerous’ regulations
July 15, 2024
Industry leaders say red tape, especially a cap on pricing, will discourage providers from tapping $652 million in federal funds.
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Travel at Your Own Risk
July 03, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management and Garfield County continue sparring match over Hole-in-the-Rock Road. The sign, erected by Garfield County, is emblematic of the county’s irritation at straining its budget to maintain a road claimed by the federal government, primarily for the benefit of tourists drawn to the national monument.
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Teton Pass reopening planned Friday with ‘slow down point’ following highway collapse
June 25, 2024
Workers are paving a detour past the section of the vital Highway 22 between Idaho and Wyoming that a landslide undercut and demolished.
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In Democratic primary, candidates emphasize broadband, education
June 24, 2024
Joe Maldonado and Randy Udell, who have both served on the Fitchburg City Council, pitch different Democratic priorities.
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Sharing with the Associated Press
June 03, 2024
Montana Free Press is among the five latest U.S. nonprofit news outlets to enter into content sharing agreements with the AP. MFP joins fellow INN members CalMatters, Honolulu Civil Beat, Nebraska Journalism Trust and South Dakota News Watch.
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News Watch adds director, hosts 2 interns and joins AP collaborative
May 31, 2024
South Dakota News Watch added a weekly newspaper publisher to its board of directors, is hosting two interns this summer and has signed on to share its stories with The Associated Press.
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Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
May 02, 2024
The ability of fire departments to muster extra help during major wildfires is a critical issue for the state as it grapples with how to prevent another disaster like Lahaina.
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Broadband Committee is collecting service data via survey
April 11, 2024
The committee hopes to tap into federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access and Development) funds that could help extend service into less densely populated sections of town.
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1.7 million Texas households are set to lose monthly internet subsidy
April 02, 2024
The Affordable Connectivity Program provides a $30 monthly subsidy to help low-income households pay for internet service. Rural leaders worry ending the government subsidies could shrink the rural customer base and make those areas even less attractive to internet companies.
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